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Texas Tech denies Ole Miss claim of racial slur during bowl - Yahoo News

Last updated Friday, December 30, 2022 05:05 ET

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Mississippi coach Lane Kiffin talks with an official about a penalty call during the first half of the team's Texas Bowl NCAA college football game against Texas Tech on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)
HOUSTON (AP) — Texas Tech on Thursday denied claims by Mississippi coach Lane Kiffin that a Red Raiders player spit on one of his players and possibly used a racial slur in the Texas Bowl.
A scrum between the teams came after Ole Miss' Dayton Wade fumbled in the fourth quarter Wednesday night and Texas Tech recovered. There was pushing and shoving between players and Ole Miss player Jordan Watkins was given a personal foul penalty.
After the game, which Ole Miss lost 42-25, Kiffin said the penalty should have been on Texas Tech senior linebacker Dimitri Moore instead of Watkins. Both players wear No. 11.
Kiffin said after the game that Watkins wasn't in the fight, and that Moore was fighting Ole Miss lineman Jayden Williams and that “everybody knew" because Texas Tech coaches were yelling at their own player.
“There was a racial slur involved, that’s not the point of what we’re talking about, (it's) about the spitting part," Kiffin said. "I brought our own 71 (Williams) up to the officials, right or wrong, you see him crying? He’s not crying not because he got spit on, it’s because something was said.”
When asked to clarify if a Texas Tech player used a racial slur toward one of his players, Kiffin said he wasn't sure.
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